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1st May 2005, 08:16
<span style="color:brown">China To Sell Pakistan's Navy Four Frigates
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">April 4, 2005: Pakistan will buy four frigates from China, its longtime ally and main supplier of military equipment, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
Senior defense officials from Pakistan and China signed the deal for the warships, long-sought by Pakistan, in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital Islamabad, the ministry said in a statement.
"These F-22P frigates will be equipped with organic helicopters specially designed for anti-submarine warfare, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles along with numerous associated self-defense systems," the statement said. It said China will sell the boats on the basis of "transfer of technology." A navy official said on condition of anonymity that the term means that some of the ships will be made in Pakistan.
A date for delivery of the ships was not given, nor did the ministry say how much Pakistan will pay for the ships. Admiral Shahid Karimullah, the chief of the Pakistan Navy, said last year that Pakistan was seeking a US$750 million loan from China to pay for the frigates.
China is one of Pakistan's main suppliers of defense equipment. The long-standing cooperation between the two countries includes Chinese assistance in building tanks for Pakistan's army as well as a nuclear power-plant. The deal for warships between Pakistan and China came a day ahead of a three-day visit to Pakistan by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
Wen will also attend a conference for promoting economic cooperation in Asia and hold talks on the sidelines with Pakistani leaders. Wen's visit will further enhance cooperation between the two countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani said last week. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">April 4, 2005: Pakistan will buy four frigates from China, its longtime ally and main supplier of military equipment, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
Senior defense officials from Pakistan and China signed the deal for the warships, long-sought by Pakistan, in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital Islamabad, the ministry said in a statement.
"These F-22P frigates will be equipped with organic helicopters specially designed for anti-submarine warfare, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles along with numerous associated self-defense systems," the statement said. It said China will sell the boats on the basis of "transfer of technology." A navy official said on condition of anonymity that the term means that some of the ships will be made in Pakistan.
A date for delivery of the ships was not given, nor did the ministry say how much Pakistan will pay for the ships. Admiral Shahid Karimullah, the chief of the Pakistan Navy, said last year that Pakistan was seeking a US$750 million loan from China to pay for the frigates.
China is one of Pakistan's main suppliers of defense equipment. The long-standing cooperation between the two countries includes Chinese assistance in building tanks for Pakistan's army as well as a nuclear power-plant. The deal for warships between Pakistan and China came a day ahead of a three-day visit to Pakistan by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
Wen will also attend a conference for promoting economic cooperation in Asia and hold talks on the sidelines with Pakistani leaders. Wen's visit will further enhance cooperation between the two countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani said last week. </span></span>
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